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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1904
Page
5
Rates listed for various subscriptions and ad services including six line business cards six dollars per year additional lines one dollar. Local notices five cents per line legal ads ten cents per line marriage and death notices free obituaries resolutions of respect and wedding presents five cents per line. Friday October 28 1904.
Instructions show voters how to mark ballots for Mitchell Woth and Mitchell capital removal. It describes two official ballots, one for candidates and one for three constitutional amendments, with YES marking guidance and a sample ballot reference for county polling locations.
Presidential electors Henry C Morris Roberts HI TH Gulstine Lake John Q Anderson Ly man G R Evans Butte Congressmen Chas Burke Hughes Eben W Martin Lawrence Supreme Judges Dighton Carson Lawrence Dick Haney Dav ison H G Fuller Kaulk Governor Samuel HH Elrod Glark Lieutenant governor J W McDougall Marshall county Secretary of State D D Wipf Hutchinson county State Treasurer C bk Collins Brown county State Auditor J F Halliday Kingsbury county Superintendent Geo J Nash Lincoln county Commissioner of School and Public Lands C J Bach Turner county
Republican slate names Frank Smith of Mitchell for Fourth Judicial Circuit judge and O L Branson for senator. Also listed are M C Hetts for representative, K J Haynes treasurer, H C Cook sheriff, E J Quigley superintendent, O D Stearns auditor, C C Halphide register of deeds, S Cattrell clerk of courts, T J Spangler states attorney, W Abbey probate judge, R F Dundas coroner, John L Nelson surveyor, and C Drake for second district commissioner.
In Pierre visitors are shown a forged deed of twenty acres allegedly to the state and a garbled lease claiming no room for state offices in Mitchell. The documents, stored with Sioux Falls National Bank, are part of a campaign of deception aimed at swaying voters. Mitchell’s capitol building is stated to transfer to the state in full.
The article notes a Jeasen deposit at the Minnehaha Bank located in Sioux Falls with explicit emphasis on the transaction details.
Twenty five sacks of wheat four bushels each totaling one hundred bushels were shipped to Pierre from Athol on Monday. billed to C B Billinghurst editor of the Pierre Dakotan and a Pierre Board of Trade member. The Wheat is said to be for exhibit to show grain raised in Hughes county. The shipment followed via extra freight car to Pierre.
The North Western railway carried a baggage car packed with fruit and cereals from Spearfish and other Black Hills districts to Pierre. The car bore large letters declaring it shows produce raised in Western South Dakota, while critics say the Black Hills region is not Pierre territory and the display is a deceptive fraud.
Sitant Lee Kinkle and S. E F Wentworth serve as steward at Cu Chicago with Chef Tournois in charge of cuisine. The kitchen features a 12 foot range and steam warming closets for hot dishes. Patent dishwashers and other aids speed service. Basement houses heating and lighting plants with two large boilers supplying steam heat and bath hot water.
A Northside entrance on First Avenue Easti arches over with stone and the Mitchell project showcases a 600 dehts capacity plant, $100,000 in furnishings, a planned formal opening, and a push to relocate the capital to Mitchell for a tire proof building funded without new taxes. The note argues land use and tax implications for future state expenditure.
Aberdeen Democrat argues moving the capital to Mitchell saves money for taxpayers. If Pierre remains the capital, a new state house would be built to preserve government functions and governance.
Mrs Pilmer of Cordova Iowa says her child suffered severe croup but Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gave prompt relief. Many mothers in the neighborhood share this view and want no other for their children. For sale by all druggists.
Brief sale listing notes an Eaton brothers sale or trade item for sale. Includes vague reference to blood volume and china years though details are unclear.
Notice invites sealed bids by November 16 1904 for construction of two bridges on the county line between Davison and Aurora. one pile bridge 24 feet long with 16 foot roadway and one 60 foot steel span 16 foot roadway. Plans on file. Auction details list farm implements and hay with terms of sale and finance options.
Public auction on the farm 20 miles west and 2 miles north of Mitchell at the Allen ford. Monday Oct 31 starting 10 o clock. Items include 20 head horses 70 head cattle and a large quantity of farm machinery including lumber.
Advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as safe for children and effective in coughs croup and la grippe by acting at the source. Claims instant relief and permanent cure as lungs supply oxygen to blood and tissues. Sold by L O Gale.
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